Egyptian Judges shock world again, condemning 683 Muslim Brothers to Death

Juan Cole 04/30/2014

Egypt’s judiciary accused of being arm of repression (via AFP)

A wave of mass sentences in Egypt, including hundreds sentenced to death this week after a rushed mass trial, has sparked charges that military-installed authorities are using the judiciary as a blunt tool of repression. The sentences handed out Monday…

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment and Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan. Follow him at @jricole